1982 Northwestern Bank 400

Race 7 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:33:37
Average speed of winner: 97.646 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 9 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 34 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-48, R. Petty 49, Waltrip 50-137, R. Petty 138, Earnhardt 139-148, Waltrip 149-291, Labonte 292-293, Parsons 294-295, Labonte 296-334, Waltrip 335-400

Race notes: Debut for Bobby Hillin, Jr.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	11	Mountain Dew	Buick	Johnson	Hammond	114.801	400	4	345	running	32300	185
2	3	Terry Labonte	44	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Hagan	Elder		400	2	41	running	13835	175
3	14	Dale Earnhardt	15	Wrangler Jeans	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	1	10	running	12425	170
4	10	Benny Parsons	28	J.D. Stacy Racing	Pontiac	Ranier	Wilson		400	1	2	running	11525	165
5	19	Richard Petty	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty			399	1	2	running	10000	160
6	2	Harry Gant	33	7-Eleven/Skoal Bandit	Buick	Needham	Carter		399	0	0	running	4945	150
7	16	Morgan Shepherd	98	Levi Garrett	Buick	Benfield	Buddy Parrott		399	0	0	running	2250	146
8	5	Bobby Allison	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Nelson		398	0	0	running	6600	142
9	7	Ricky Rudd	3	Piedmont Airlines	Pontiac	Childress	Shelmerdine		398	0	0	running	3525	138
10	11	Neil Bonnett	37	Rogers Racing	Buick	Bob Rogers			397	0	0	running	3440	134
11	17	Tim Richmond	2	Stacy-Pak	Buick	Stacy	Inman		397	0	0	running	3020	0
12	8	Joe Ruttman	75	RahMoc Racing	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		397	0	0	running	2985	127
13	6	Ron Bouchard	47	J.D. Stacy Racing	Buick	Jack Beebe			396	0	0	running	6875	124
14	20	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Beam		395	0	0	running	2800	121
15	12	Geoff Bodine	50	Performance Connection	Pontiac	Cliff Stewart			395	0	0	running	7300	0
16	22	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			391	0	0	running	2495	115
17	18	Jody Ridley	90	J.D. Stacy Racing	Ford	Donlavey			390	0	0	running	7025	112
18	23	Jimmy Means	52	Broadway Motors	Pontiac	Means			390	0	0	running	2395	109
19	27	D.K. Ulrich	6	Old Milwaukee Light	Buick	Ulrich			384	0	0	running	2190	106
20	24	J.D. McDuffie	70	Macks Stores Inc.	Pontiac	McDuffie			383	0	0	running	2060	103
21	29	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	8	Hillin Drilling	Buick	Hillin	Hyde		378	0	0	running	805	0
22	21	Brad Teague	26	Food Country USA	Chevrolet	C.W. Henderson			313	0	0	running	825	97
23	30	Ronnie Thomas	41	Thomas Racing	Pontiac	Ronnie Thomas			296	0	0	rear end	745	94
24	13	Lake Speed	17	Yazoo Mowers	Buick	Hamby			228	0	0	rear end	1815	91
25	4	Mark Martin	02	Apache Stove	Pontiac	Reeder			227	0	0	rear end	785	88
26	25	Lennie Pond	24	West Carolina Forklift	Buick	Cecil Gordon			115	0	0	rear end	1215	85
27	28	Bob Schacht	97	Test Tube	Oldsmobile	Bob Schacht			113	0	0	rear end	705	82
28	15	Butch Lindley	01	GT Racing	Buick	Zervakis			65	0	0	engine	695	79
29	9	Dave Marcis	71	J.D. Stacy Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Darling		65	0	0	engine	1135	76
30	26	Slick Johnson	48	Palatine Automotive	Pontiac	Hylton			8	0	0	valve	1125	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	1127	7	0	0	5	7
2	Benny Parsons	1058	7	2	0	5	6
3	Darrell Waltrip	995	7	3	3	3	4
4	Bobby Allison	984	7	0	1	3	5
5	Morgan Shepherd	944	7	0	0	2	5
6	Dale Earnhardt	942	7	1	1	4	4
7	Harry Gant	937	7	0	0	1	5
8	Richard Petty	896	7	0	0	3	4
9	Buddy Arrington	873	7	0	0	0	2
10	Jimmy Means	802	7	0	0	0	0
11	Dave Marcis	800	7	0	1	1	2
12	Ron Bouchard	785	7	0	0	0	3
13	Jody Ridley	750	7	0	0	0	1
14	Kyle Petty	729	7	0	0	0	0
15	Cale Yarborough	700	4	0	1	4	4
16	Joe Ruttman	696	6	0	0	1	1
17	Mark Martin	686	7	0	0	0	1
18	Joe Millikan	678	6	0	0	0	2
19	J.D. McDuffie	665	7	0	0	0	1
20	Neil Bonnett	662	7	0	0	0	2
21	Ricky Rudd	657	7	0	0	0	1
22	Bill Elliott	646	5	0	0	2	2
23	Tommy Gale	636	6	0	0	0	0
24	Gary Balough	564	5	0	0	0	1
25	Lake Speed	550	7	0	0	0	0